PokerStars 2006 World Cup of Poker

Posted Mar 29th 2006 5:45PM by Joanne Lutynec
Filed under: International, Tournaments, Online Games, No Limit Texas Hold'em

It is time again for the qualifying rounds to begin for the PokerStars World Cup of Poker. If you are not familiar with the WCP, it is a competition between qualifying countries in a series of heads-up matches, culminating in a final event held (this year) in Barcelona, Spain with $200,000 on the line.

Who won last year? Team Costa Rica. Who won the year before that? Team Costa Rica. I'm sensing a trend. Seems to me it is time to shake things up a little.

Players can gain entry to play for their country several ways:

Top two 2005 tournament leaderboard players from each country will automatically gain entry - if you meet this criteria PokerStars will email you directly.

FPP Entries: There will be qualifying rounds held online at PokerStars which cost 50 FPP to enter. For satellite times and details on how to become a member of Team USA, click here. Team Canada hopefuls can click here for more information. If you are from another country, follow this link.

Also, one player from each region will be nominated by PokerStars - though I'm not sure what criteria that decision is based on.

For more information on this competition check out the PokerStars WCP information page and visit Sir Brad 'Otis' Willis at the Official PokerStars Blog.

(Image: PokerStars)

Reader Comments

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1. come faccio a partecipare olla coppa del mondo di poker?

Posted at 9:52AM on Apr 20th 2006 by fabius

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